Research Guides: Social Work: Behavioral/Mental Health Concentration

Behavioral/Mental Health Concentration

Evidence-based practice is a "process for making practice decisions in which practitioners integrate the best research evidence available with their practice expertise and with client attributes, values, preferences, and circumstances (Rubin, 2008, P. 7)."

Rubin, A. (2008) Practitioner's Guide to Using Research for Evidence-Based Practice.Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley. (via ebrary)

A Guide to Treatments that Work In their book, Nathan and Gorman outline a hierarchy of research articles. Articles based on type 1 studies represent the most reliable form of evidence. Type 1 Studies: these include randomized clinical trials. Type 2 Studes: these include clinical trials, but some apects of the type 1 study may be missing (for example, the assignment may not be randomized). Type 3 Studies: these are open treatment studies aimed at getting pilot data. These are subject to bias. Type 3 studies can include case controlled studies. Type 4 Studies: type four studies are reviews with secondary data analysis. This can include a meta-analysis. Type 5 Studies: reviews without secondary data analysis. Type 6 Studies: these include case studies, essays, and opinion papers.
Evidence-Based Practice Resources From the Social Work Policy Institute, the site offers resources promoting the integration of evidence-based mental health treatments into social work education and research.

Campbell Library Campbell Systematic Reviews is the peer-reviewed online monograph series of systematic reviews prepared under the editorial control of the Campbell Collaboration. Campbell systematic reviews follow structured guidelines and standards for summarizing the international research evidence on the effects of interventions in crime and justice, education, international development, and social welfare.

Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. This resource is available thanks to the JABSOM Health Sciences Library.

APA Practice Guidelines American Psychiatric Association (APA) practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - Blueprints Program Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development helps you match children's needs to cost-effective programs that have been proven to help them reach their full potential. Find programs that meet the highest scientific standard of evidence for promoting youth behavior, education, emotional well-being, health, and positive relationships.
National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices NREPP is a searchable online registry of more than 300 interventions supporting mental health promotion, substance abuse prevention, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. [From the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.]
Research-Supported Psychological Treatments From the Society of Clinical Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association, the website provides information about effective, research-based treatments for psychological disorders.

Essentials

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) by American Psychiatric Association Staff
ISBN: 9780890425541
Publication Date: 2013-05-22
Available through Psychiatry Online.
A Guide to Treatments That Work by Peter E. Nathan (Editor); Jack M. Gorman (Editor)
Call Number: Hamilton Reference RC480.5 .G85 2007
ISBN: 0195304144
Publication Date: 2007-03-15